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The twelve-course curriculum emphasizes action-based learning as students asses actual technologies and innovations. In teams, candidates collaboratively develop market strategies and business plans for these technologies. The program culminates with each team formally presenting its final technology commercialization plan to a panel of faculty, industry leaders and venture capitalists. Each year MSTC graduates launch several technologies into successful commercial ventures. At present, there aren't any electives offered or permitted. Classes meet on alternate weekends, both Friday and Saturday, for 27 weekends.
Term I
STC 380 - Converting Technology to Wealth
Examine how technology is converted to wealth through the commercialization process.
STC 382 - Marketing Technological Innovations
Develop an understanding of the forces driving competition and demand in markets or technology-intensive products and services.
STC 383 - Technology Management and Transfer: Theory and Practice
Address the evaluation, formulation and use of technology transfer models.
STC 386T1 - Financing New Ventures
Learn financial planning, methods for determining capital requirements, and various ways of financing growth and making investment decisions.
Term II
STC 384 - Strategic Analysis for Technology Commercialization
Gain an understanding of technology and commercialization strategies as a part of business strategy.
STC 381 - Legal Issues of the Commercialization Process
Examine the numerous legal challenges organizations face as they commercialize technology in a global environment.
STC 394c - Managing Product Development and Production Examine the many and best practices organizations are using to accelerate the product development and production processes.
STC 395 - The Art and Science of Market-Driven Entrepreneurship
Learn the process of creating new ventures, the dynamics of growth-oriented firms, and the roles of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs.
Term III
STC 385 - Creative and Innovative Management
Learn to apply new concepts and ideas, initiatives, and methods that can be used to provide new directions or modes of operation for organizations and activities.
STC 391 - Internationalization of Technology
Explore a broad set of issues of commercializing technology on a global scale.
STC 396 - Technology Enterprise Design and Implementation
Develop a multi-disciplinary approach to the preparation and presentation of a detailed, growth-oriented business plan for a technology enterprise or project.
STC 386T2 - Risk Analysis
Explore decision and risk analysis, methods for structuring and modeling decision problems, and application of methods to a variety of problems.
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